European Junior Doctors presentation.pdf · Policy on Bologna Process –9th of November, 2013, Heidelberg, Germany Principles for implementation of doctoral programs in medical studies:

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European Junior Doctors Permanent working group

Indre Butiene

Chair EJD PGT committee

European Junior Doctors

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• Representing over 300.000 Junior Doctors all over Europe the EJD's initial objective includes safeguarding the interests of the Junior Doctors in Europe by improving the working conditions, the mobility in the profession and set standards regarding the quality of postgraduate medical training.

EJD Projects & Workshops

• Workshop “The challenges of the continuum of medical education” - 11th of January, 2014, Frankfurt, Germany

• Workshop “Health care in danger” – 15th of March, 2014, Liubliana, Slovenia

• Forum with Baltic Junior Doctors – 14th of September, 2013

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EJD Workshop on E-portfolios and Medical Mobility

The European Junior Doctors organized on January 12th 2013 at Frankfurt, Germany, a Workshop on the topic of "E-portfolios and Medical Mobility in Europe" with specific focus on Junior Doctors' perspectives and future implication. Participants from various European countries gathered to discuss these issues and to identify key points for future actions.


Working Groups and Projects

EJD Working groups are:

– “Task Shifting”,

– “Emergency Medicine”,

– “ePortfolio”,

– “eHealth”,

– “Salary and Demography”.

– “Family and work” ,

– “Violence against doctors’


Policies

Statement on Funding of Medical Training Well organized and financed medical education and postgraduate

training are the basic elements in ensuring a functioning Health Care Systems in Europe. Therefore EJD state the following:

• Universities that provide Basic Medical Education must be

sufficiently financed. As a functioning Health Care System will need physicians with broad knowledge and well developed clinical skills these Universities must be well equipped and provide a reasonable teacher to student ratio.

• There should not be any financial obligations that inhibit the pursuit of Basic Medical Education.


Policies

Statement on Funding of Medical Training

• Medical Students that run through full-time clinical clerkships or research projects must have a labour contract under the same conditions as other employees within the organisation and be paid adequately to their position and appropriate in their efforts

• Obligations to stay in the country, region or place after finishing Basic Medical Education or specialization are opposed strongly, as they interfere with the principles of a free Market and free Mobility of professionals in Europe. Furthermore the threats of punishment or fines in this context are strongly rejected.


Policies

Statement on Funding of Medical Training

• In the interest of the quality of Health Care appropriately resources must be provided for specialization and research in medicine. This process is considered as work within the health care system and therefore must be remunerated adequately.

• The standards and quality must be guaranteed and supervised by the national responsible authorities.


Policies

Statement on Curricula and Assessments – 9th of November, 2013, Heidelberg, Germany

EJD states the following: • no mandatory further exams or assessments for specialisation than the

national ones are supported

• the continuous progress-control in the process of medical training must be in higher priority than single final exams, therefore in-training evaluation and formative assessment are primarily supported

• in-training progress must be continuously recorded and comparable regarding the free mobility of physicians in Europe

• using ePortfolio’s is highly recommended

• quality assurance systems must be implemented in medical training


Policies

Statement on Curricula and Assessments

• there should be national authority responsible for the quality of medical training and curricula and assessments must be approved by them

• exams and assessments should be free of charge for the participants

• exams and assessments must be available in the national language of the training country

• the venue of exams and assessment must be easy accessible and at short travel time distance

• Final exams or assessments must be available to be taken more than once a year

• competencies and milestones should be clearly set at the beginning of the training.


Policies

Policy on Bologna Process – 9th of November, 2013, Heidelberg, Germany

Principles for implementation of doctoral programs in medical studies: 1. Doctoral students as early stage researchers: should be recognized

as professionals – with commensurate rights - who make a key contribution to the creation of new knowledge. An employment contract and social insurance are basic crucial rights and lead to high quality research.

2. Status of the junior researcher: EJD recommends to clearly define the status of the junior researcher in an official contract with the institution or department providing the doctorate training or doctoral program. A proposition to this issue is the official employment of all junior researchers within a department or institution.


Policies

Policy Statement on Management and Leadership

• The EJD believes that Medical Management and

Leadership should begin at medical school, and continue though to and beyond gaining a certificate of completion of training. To assure it´s quality and implementation in post-graduate training the EJD is working on this policy.



European Medical Mobility Project (EMM)

The main EMM goal is to facilitate training in the medical field within Europe through an online database with a regular update system. The EMM website will gather official information regarding Junior Doctors training and working conditions to encourage mobility in Europe.



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Documents

European Junior Doctors presentation.pdf · Policy on Bologna Process –9th of November, 2013, Heidelberg, Germany Principles for implementation of doctoral programs in medical studies: